How well do anthropometric indices correlate with cardiovascular risk factors? a cross-sectional study in Croatia

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Vrdoljak, Davorka ^a   Marković, Biserka Bergman ^b   Kranjčević, Ksenija ^c   Lalić, Dragica Ivezić ^d   Vučak, Jasna ^e   Katić, Milica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c GP's Offce   (Croatia)

^d GP's Offce Novska   (Croatia)

^e GP's Offce Suko an   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anthropometric indices; Cardiovascular risk; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT;

EID: 84857009324     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/msm.882451     Document Type: Article

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